India, July 3 -- The 17th-century Sheesh Mahal in Shalimar Bagh, restored to its original grandeur by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), was unveiled on Wednesday by Union culture and tourism minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in the presence of Delhi chief Minister Rekha Gupta and lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena.

While the ASI restored the Sheesh Mahal, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) took up conservation work on several other structures in the garden, transforming them into usable public spaces.

Two smaller heritage buildings located near the garden's entrance have been re-purposed as cafes by the DDA-The Readers Cafe Corner, designed as a book cafe to promote literary engagement, and Cafe Shalimar, intended to serv...